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Pradeep Tomar is working as faculty member in the School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, , since 2009. Dr. Tomar earned Ph.D. from Department of Computer Science & Applications, M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana, INDIA. Before joining Gautam Buddha University he worked as Software Engineer in a multi-national company, Noida and lecturer in M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana and Kurukshetra Univer- sity Kurukshetra, Haryana. Dr. Tomar has good teaching, research and software development experience as well as vast administrative experience at university level on various posts like research coordinator, examination coordinator, admission coordinator, programme coordinator, time table coordinators, proctor and hostel warden. Presently he is also working as a Treasurer in CSI, Noida Chapter. Dr. Tomar is also a member of IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, Computer Society of India (CSI), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), International Association of Computer Science and Informa- tion Technology (IACSIT) and International Association of Engineering (IAENG). He served as a reviewer of journals and conferences and worked as advisory board members in national and international conferences. Dr. Tomar has qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lecturership in Computer Applications in 2003, Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2008, SUN Certified JAVA Programmer (SCJP) for the JAVA platform, standard edition 5.0 in 2008 and qualified the IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 9 Fundamentals in 2010. Two books “Teaching of Mathematics” and “Communication and Information Technology” at national levels have been authored by Dr. Tomar. Dr. Tomar has been awarded with Bharat Jyoti Award by India International Friendship Society in the field of Technology in 2012. He has been awarded for the Best Computer Faculty award by Govt. of Pon- dicherry and ASDF society. His biography is published in Who’s Who Reference Asia, Volume II. Several technical sessions in national and international conferences had been chaired by Dr. Tomar and he delivered expert talks in FDP, workshops, national and international conferences. Three conferences have been organized by About the Contributors

Dr. Tomar: one national conference with COMMUNE group and two international conferences, in which one international ICIAICT 2012 was organized with CSI, Noida Chapter and second international conference 2012 EPPICTM was organized in collaboration with MTMI, USA, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA and Frostburg , USA at School of Information and Communica- tion Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, INDIA. Apart from teaching, researches in the areas of software engineering are being guided by Dr. Tomar. He has also contributed more than 65 papers/articles in national/international journals and conferences. His major current research interest is in Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) and IoT.

Gurjit Kaur, a bright scholar, gold medalist throughout including B.Tech and M.Tech and president awardee has spent over 13 years of her academic career to- wards research and teaching in the field of Electronics and Communication. She is having distinction of receiving a Gold medal by former President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for being overall topper of the Punjab Technical University, Jaland- har by securing 82% marks. She has been a topper throughout her academic career. She earned her Ph.D. degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2010 and her M. Tech from PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh in 2003 with distinction. Presently Dr Kaur is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. Her research interests include Optical CDMA, Wireless Communication system, high-speed interconnect and IOT. Her name has been listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Technology, USA. She has published more than 70 papers in journals and conferences. She has authored one book on Optical Communication, and one book chapter on WiMax of Florida Atlantic University, published by CRC Press.

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Sourav Banerjee is pursuing PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Kalyani. He completed M.Tech in Computer Sc. & Engg in the year 2006 from University of Kalyani. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Computer Sc & Engg at Kalyani Government Engineering College. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, MIR Lab, IAENG.

Jai Prakash Bhati is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Noida Interna- tional University, Greater Noida, , India since August 2013. He has earned his master’s degree, M.Tech. (Specialization in Intelligent Systems and Robotics) from School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam

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Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. Prior to his masters he has worked in various domains like ERP, technical support and software development around four years. Also he has worked as a guest faculty in the School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P., In- dia Apart from teaching experience he has administrative experience at university level on various posts like examination coordinator, registration coordinator, course coordinator, University Tech Fest coordinator, training and placement coordinator, sports event coordinator, academic tour coordinator. Mr. Bhati has organized and coordinate many workshops, seminars and quiz competitions in university. He has been member of organizing committee for national and international conferences at university level. Mr. Bhati has also contributed 03 papers in national/international journals and conferences. He is serving as reviewer for various national and inter- national journals. His areas of interest are artificial intelligence, expert systems, soft computing, artificial neural network, Big Data, Cloud and DBMS.

Bala Chandra Mohan works in SCOPE school in VIT university Vellore. Completed PhD from Anna University. published research paper in scopus indexed journals with very good citations.

Akash Chowdhury has pursued the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Institute of Science and Technology, India (2013- 2017). He is currently pursuing the Master of Technology Degree in Distributed And Mobile Computing from Jadavpur University. He is the author of various book chapters and research articles. His present research interests include Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Robotics, Distributed Systems, Mobile Computing and Communications and Mobile Cloud Computing.

Govind P. Gupta received his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in 2014. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology at National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India. His current research interests include Integration of Internet of Things (IoT) with Cloud Computing, Security issues with IoT, Software-defined Networking, Wireless Sen- sor Networks, and Big Data Processing. He is a professional member of the ACM, IEEE and CSI.

Swati Jaiswal is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Sinhgad Technical Education Society, Lonavala. She has completed her M.Tech in 2012 and currently pursuing her Ph.D from VIT Vellore. She has published 8 papers in international journal and one book chapter.

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Jayashree K. is an Engineer by qualification, having done her Doctorate in the area of Web services Fault Management from Anna University, Chennai and Masters in Embedded System Technologies from Anna University and Bachelors in Com- puter Science and Engineering from Madras University. She is presently Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, affiliated to Anna University Chennai. Her areas of interest include Web services, Cloud Computing, Data Mining and distributed computing. She is a member of ACM, CSI.

Saravanan K. is working as an Assistant professor, Department of Computer Sci- ence & Engineering at Anna University, Regional Campus, Tirunelveli. He received his master degree in M.E Software engineering in the year 2007 and B.E degree in Computer Science & Engineering. He has done doctoral degree on Cloud comput- ing in Anna University, Chennai. His research interests include Cloud computing, Software engineering, Web Technology, Semantic Web and Big data analytics. He published papers in 9 international conferences and 16 international journals. He is an active researcher and academician.

Jagdeep Kaur is working as Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. She has completed her Ph.D. in Computer science and Engineering from School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Budhha University,Greater Noida,UP, India. She holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Com- puter Science and Engineering from BCET, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India (2003). She obtained her Master of Technology degree in Computer Science from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala India (2005). Her research interests include Component Based Software Engineering, Software Reuse, Software Testing and IoT.

Deepak Kedia has been working as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering at GJUS&T, Hisar (Haryana)-India. He has 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He received a Gold Medal in B.Tech (Electronics & Communication Engineering) for standing first and did his M.Tech in Telecommunication Systems Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2011 on the topic “Multicarrier CDMA”. His re- search areas include Wireless mobile communication, Spread Spectrum, CDMA, OFDM and Internet of Things.

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Swastik Mukherjee has pursued the Bachelor of Technology Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Institute of Science and Technology, India (2013- 2017). He is currently pursuing the Master of Technology Degree in Distributed And Mobile Computing from Jadavpur University. He is the author of various book chapters and research articles. His present research interests include Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud Robotics, Distributed Systems, Mobile Computing and Communications and Mobile Cloud Computing.

Srinivasan P. received M.C.A degree from Periyar University and Ph.D. from Anna University, India in 2014. He is currently working as an Associate Profes- sor in Vellore Insitute of Technology, Vellore. Research interest includes Cloud Compting, Wireless Networks, Smart and Pervasive Computing, IoT and Machine Learning . Published various papers in International journals and conferences. Has 12 years of teaching experience in reputed engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Coordinated and attended various Faculty Developments Programmes and International conferences.

Yaman Parasher is currently a Masters student in Electronics and Communica- tion Engineering Department, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India. He also worked in the Incubation Center for Medical Electronics at Indian Institute of Technology Patna as a Pre-Incubatee, since 2016. His research interests include Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Biomedical Signal Processing, Em- bedded Systems Design, and Fabrication.

Babu R. is a Research Scholar in Anna University. He has completed his Masters in Software Engineering with a merit of 2nd rank in the University and Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajalakshmi Engineering College affiliated to Anna University. His areas of interest include Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics and Internet of Things. He is a life member of CSI and served as a Management Committee Member for two years. He has received Active Participation Award – Youth from CSI. He also received Faculty Excellence Award from Infosys in Faculty Enablement Program for two successive years.

Chithambaramani R. is a Research Scholar in Anna University. He has com- pleted his Masters in Software Engineering and Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Rajalakshmi Engineering College. His areas of interest include Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture and Cloud Computing. He is a member of CSI.

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Deepak Saini is the Artificial Intelligence SME for Sapient Consulting and is currently responsible for driving technology innovation, leading various initiatives for developing powerful Text Analytics Accelerators for clients, and supporting sales & delivery. He completed his Masters in Computer Applications in 2001 and since then over a period of 16 years, he has been involved in designing and developing large scale Data Analytics solutions both on premise and cloud. In his most recent role, he is responsible for leading the architecture & delivery of AI enabled Ques- tion Answering Systems based on unstructured text for a leading Investment Bank. He is mostly interested in Information Retrieval and Natural Language Processing (NLP) topics like search, text categorization, document summarization, relations extraction, entity linking, linked data, graph evolution, etc.

Jasmine Saini has done her Ph.D. in the area of Gyro-Traveling Wave Tubes. She has done her M.E. from Thapar University, Patiala in 2004 and she joined the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, JUIT Waknaghat. Since December 2006, she is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, JIIT Noida. During her teaching career, she has taught various subjects. She is engaged in research and development in the field of microstrip antennas, travelling wave tubes, IoT, etc. She has published papers in several International journals of high repute. Besides she has presented papers in several national and International conferences/seminars.

Supriya Sarkar is pursuing a PhD from VIT University Vellore. Completed ME from RGTU technical university with 8.5 CGPA. Published 7 research papers in the field of computer engineering and software.

Meghna Sharma is currently working as Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in The NorthCap University, Gurgaon . She is B.E (CSE) and M.Tech (CSE) and is currently pursuing her PhD from YMCA Univeristy, Faridabad in the area of data mining .Her total teaching and research experience is more than 15 years. She is a recipient of the Science Award conferred by the Government of Haryana in 2007. Her area of interests are Data Mining, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Internet of Things.

Aditya Pratap Singh received his PhD degree from Gautam Buddha Univer- sity, Greater Noida, INDIA. He has obtained Master of Computer Application degree from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow in 2003. He is working as assistant professor in the Department of MCA at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India. Before joining Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, he worked as programmer in Edge Solutions, Noida and as lecturer in Graphic Era

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University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He has good experience in teaching, research and administrative experience at College level. His current research interests are in component-based software engineering and software measurement. He has presented his work in several national and international Journal and conferences. He has served in program committee relating to national conferences on cyber security issues.

Garima Singh is working as Research Scholar at Indira Gandhi Delhi Techni- cal University for Women, Delhi. She obtained her B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from in 2013 and M.E. (Electronics and Communication) from Jaypee Institute of Information and Technology in 2015. She has been the topper throughout her academic carrier and has the distinction of receiving an A? for her M.E. thesis. Her professional experience and research are in the area of Cognitive Radio, Cooperative Communication, Optical and Wireless Communication System. She has several publications in International Journals and conferences.

Prabhjot Singh holds an undergraduate degree from National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar in the field of Instrumentation and Control Engineering. His masters is from Carnegie Mellon University, world’s premier institute, in Software Engineering and Development Management. Thereafter he joined Salesforce Inc., world’s top most innovative company as listed by Forbes, in their R&D department at Silicon Valley and is currently working as Lead Software Engineer. At Salesforce, he focused his research in the fields of Cloud Computing and Software Architec- ture design along with gaining his expertise on complex big data technologies like Hadoop, HBase, Machine Learning, Neural Networks. In parallel, he has authored book chapters, research papers and patents, alongside expanding his breadth in various other areas. He got Pragmatic Marketing Level VI certified, and then pur- sued High-Tech Product Management and Marketing and High Impact Leadership from University of California, Berkley. He is currently pursuing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate from Stanford University and dreams to open his own startup utilizing the breadth of experience and innovation his experience till now.

Marcus Tanque is a highly-regarded technology strategist and an author with proven skills in business/data analytics, corporate security/engineering strategies, policies. He also has vested skills in artificial intelligence, cyber security prac- tices, governance, enterprise infrastructure & management and diverse IT consult- ing practices. Dr. Tanque has a repertoire of technical competencies in assorted consultative functions for the government, public and private sectors. His natural entrepreneurial flair coupled with unparalleled contributions to academic, federal,

307 About the Contributors and industry customers is of significance. Dr. Tanque has supported mission-critical business and technology projects: IT engineering, program/project management, systems security, machine learning, cyber security operations, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, information & communications technology as well as cloud- based solutions. Dr. Tanque holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology with a dual specialization in Information Assurance & Security; and a Masters in Information Systems Engineering.

Dimpal Tomar is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Noida International University, Greater Noida, U.P., India since September 2014. She has earned his master’s degree M.Tech. (Specialization in Software Engineering) from School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. Ms. Dimpal has good teaching experience as well as administra- tive experience at university level on various posts like examination coordinator, Computer lab coordinator, course coordinator, University Fest coordinator. Also she has worked as a guest faculty in School of School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. Ms. Dimpal has coordinator many workshops, seminars and quiz competitions. She has been member of organizing committee for international conference at university level. Ms. Dimpal has also contributed 02 papers in national/international journals and conferences. His areas of interest are Data Structures, DBMS, Compiler, Construc- tion, Analysis and Design of Algorithms.

Satvik Vats is PhD-Research Scholar in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra-Ranchi (Deemed University), Jharkhand, India since January 2017. He has earned his master’s degree, M.Tech. (Specialization in Software Engineering) from School of Engineering and Tech- nology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. He is actively involved in the research field of Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning. He has published various books and papers in International refereed Journals and prestigious confer- ences. Presently, he is working on “Hybrid Approach of Frequent Item-sets Mining and Machine learning Techniques such as recommender system, supervised and unsupervised learning with integration of Big Data analytics concept.

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